 K |
What is the policy for reprinting prof. pics? I went to Wal-mart to reproduce a 29-year old picture taken of my husband when he was a baby. It does have the "appearance" of a professional photographer, but there is no signature backing nor any other indication of where the picture orginated from. Can I still legally reproduce it? Or more importantly, can Wal-mart?
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When you say, it has the appearance of a professional photographer, what do you mean? Jerry
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K |
It looks professionally done, with a backdrop and the front roll they use with little babies to prop them up on their tummies. It also has the white crop outline that professional photos often do. I did reproduce the photo on Walmart's reprint machine. Then when I went to pay, the girl behind the counter looked at the reprint sheet, not the original print, and said this is a professional photo and I cannot sell it to you and folded it up and put in behind the counter. Their policy seems a little short-sighted to me anyway because they have a discliamer on their machine saying they wil not reprint copyrighted or professional photos. But I could have stood there and printed a thousand of them. Does reprinting and reprinting for profit have any distinction?
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Pamela K |
I think that the policy is there so that you can't reprint professional photographs and cause the original photographer to lose money. Even if you don't plan to resell the picture, you're costing the photographer the money they would get by selling you copies themselves. What you might want to check to see if there is a time limit on the copyright of a photo like that. I'm not sure if there would be one or not... Pam
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Melissa |
If you did not take the photo, legally you are not allowed to reproduce it. If you can provide them with negatives or slides, they'd probably let you do it because that is likely proof of ownership. I wouldn't count on the copyright expiring...copyright ownership exists for the life of the owner + 50 years in Canada, + 75 years in the US. Then it goes into public domain.
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Stikky |
Yes it is legal after 20 years I work for eckerd (CVS)and Know for a fact. Most people will not copy if It has a back drop sorry it the copyright laws..
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